diff --git a/bin/varnishd/http2/cache_http2_session.c b/bin/varnishd/http2/cache_http2_session.c
index 1a2abadc99a..5775b6da680 100644
--- a/bin/varnishd/http2/cache_http2_session.c
+++ b/bin/varnishd/http2/cache_http2_session.c
@@ -442,17 +442,10 @@ static int v_matchproto_(vtr_poll_f)
 h2_poll(struct req *req)
 {
 	struct h2_req *r2;
-	int r = 1;
 
 	CHECK_OBJ_NOTNULL(req, REQ_MAGIC);
 	CAST_OBJ_NOTNULL(r2, req->transport_priv, H2_REQ_MAGIC);
-
-	Lck_Lock(&r2->h2sess->sess->mtx);
-	if (r2->error)
-		r = -1;
-	Lck_Unlock(&r2->h2sess->sess->mtx);
-
-	return (r);
+	return (r2->error ? -1 : 1);
 }
 
 struct transport HTTP2_transport = {